Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-01
Scotland is to have a creamery.

A literary society composed Of teachers end
schsol children has been organized at Salem
yerasa Bell has been engaged for two lee
lures in Sioux Falls ON Electricity and Mag
netism.
Bookings county has paid 81 900 to other
counties the past year for board and care OF
prisoners.
Native coal sells at Mandsn for 1925 a ton
The Clark Pilot and Review have been CON
solidated.
The Tyro is the name OF 4 little sheet edited
by Miss Beulah Windle, of the Mitchell high
school.
Secret societies are becoming fashionable
and numerous among the young ladies OF
Deadwood.
Ysnkton business is receiving a substantial
boom frofiI Nebraska farmers since the freez-
ing Of the river.
Clark's Masonic lodge viii hold a public in
stsllation and banquet on st. Johns day,
December ~.
George H.. Anderson, a farmer and stock
raiser near Scotland, recently sold a thorough
bred horse for $500.
Nearly one million pounds of ore has been
shipped to Omaha from the Black Hills since
the 10th of August.
The Andrews opera company are playing y
weeks engagement in Deadwood, beginning
with Monday night the Goth.
Hereafter the school report OF Pierre VIII
contain the names OF the tardy scholars In
stead.of those who are perfect.
Judge Fry has resigned his position as as
sistant secretary of the Fargo Insurance com
pany and will soon sail for Honduras.
In the two months that Judge Barton has
held the Office of police Judge of Rapid City.
he has tried but three criminal cases.
There are but two small tailor shops in
Rapid City, and three large millinery estao-
lishments and half a dozen smaller ones.
Mitchell has paid the Milwaukee railroad
s4,.So 90 for freight on material used for the
construction Of the city water works.
Centreville has quite an extensive poultry
establishment, which employs a large umb
OF uen and boys preparing birds for market.
A few nights ago Mr.. +. Blackledge, living
a few miles from Miller, lost his house and
contents by fire, amountin. TO 5000. No IN
sursnce.
"A NOunE IUlH IN Wv hiA.sA - ~ w."
sent to the Yankton insane asylum last week
By order Of the commissioners OF Aurora
county.
Three weddings in the Russian settlement
In Hanson county TIE other day were followed
by festivities lasting forty.eigh hours-a Rus
sian custom.
The next Bookings county &. A. Il. re-
- m - "a. h.lI at DalNynn1
which is said to be a handsome town and a
convenient location,
O. II. Hall, a nephew Of Gov. Pierce, has
been appointed clerk of the district court at
Bism arck, to fiji the vacancy occasioned 10y
the death of Emer ". Carey.
Bismarck claims to have the longest tobog
gan slid In the world, and Grand Forks the
next longest. Jamestown's !s but 500 feet
long but answers every purpose.
Faux county VIII indicate its appreciation
Of the building Of two great railroads into Its
boundaries by an immense banquet, the datt
u which will De arrange hereafter.
Sherman Clyde, residing four miles south
Of Elk Point, attempted suicide on Monday
by swallowing a potion of laudanum and
htTNcnnllC. IIoHpb dCiipH cdN1h hio Wv
Walsh county wants a term of court, but
Judge Mcconnell SAYS he cannot possibly get
there before March. In so vast a district as
the Judge has he can not often guess very
closely when be will be able to hold court in
any county.
district court conyenes in Moody county
the first Tuesday in January. There is To be
no grand jury at that session, as there are no
prisoners bouad over except one, and that is
not a case in which any hardship will result
from a postpoIement OF trial.
Parties in Turner county and Red River
valley are attempting to grow apricots. The
trees have lived through the winter and seem
to be thrifty, but have not reached the bearing
age. A good many kinds OF pluns do well in
Dakota, but 1t has been supposed the apricot
and peach would not stand the climate.
few days ago a small herd Of deer came
into the town OF La Grace, in Campbell coun.
ty, rconing on the business street within
800 yaId dis of the postoificc. Every man who
could get a rife turned out, but the deer Gid
not wait for them, and were last seen on a
hill half a mile away apparently watching the
caravan turning ont from town.
Some thieves carried of a trunk from the
porch Of the Chandler house at Fort Pierre
the other evening belonging to Blind Boone.
A few days later the remains OF the trunk
were found scattered In the suburbs, having
been riGed of the contents, including concert
tickets, show bills, ard dresses belonging to
Miss Lang.
The Rapid City Republican says; The
Rutherford b. hayes, at GaleRa, is meeting
with unexpectedly good results from it's de-
yclopment work. The company intends be-
ginning a shipment to Omaha shortly SUI
perintendent Andrews OF the Cora has gone
to Omaha to see what can be done about blow
ing up the smelling company there, because
! returns are net made more promptly.